AINov 6, 2026, 7:21 AM UTC·1 min read

Google to Back $19 Billion Anthropic Data Center Lease in Kentucky

Google is set to back a US$19 billion lease for an Anthropic data center in Kentucky, covering 401 megawatts of capacity.

Aerial view of a large data center campus with rows of cooling units and power infrastructure at dusk. — Image: techinasia.com

Google is set to back a data center lease for Anthropic in Kentucky worth US$19 billion. The lease covers 401 megawatts of capacity, according to details of the deal.

The figures place the agreement among the larger infrastructure commitments tied to AI development. Capacity measured in hundreds of megawatts is the scale at which AI developers secure the power and space needed to train and run large models.

Why it matters

For Anthropic, the lease points to continued demand for dedicated computing capacity. Google's backing of the arrangement underlines how closely the two companies remain linked as AI workloads grow.

The deal also adds to the wave of data center investment in the United States, where access to power and suitable sites has become a central constraint for AI firms.

The terms of Google's backing, the timeline for construction and the exact location within Kentucky were not part of the available details.

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